URGIA / CALAMITY

Romania / 1978 / 96’ / color / Drama / AG 

Directed by: Iosif Demian, Andrei Blaier

Screenplay: Florin Năstase, adaptation of the story of the same name by the same author

With: Gheorghe Cozorici, Luiza Orosz, Dana Dogaru, Ica Matache, Costel Constantinescu, Dan Condurache, Aristide Teică, Nicolae Praida, Mihai Gafiţa, Costel Constantinescu

Produced by: Film house 4

The day they celebrated their village being proclaimed a city, the people attending the festivity were amazed to see a fellow villager - whom they believed to have been killed during the WWII - showing up. And to their great astonishment they would learn that for 30 years the man had been living a secluded life in the cellar of his house, not even knowing that the war was over.

The film premiered in Romania February 20^th, 1978. It is the directorial debut of the cinematographer Iosif Demian.